Sedgefield Borough Council elections

Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held every four years. The district was created as part of the 1972 local government reforms. The first elections to the new authority were held in 1973 in advance of the council taking office in 1974. The last district elections took place in 2007 before the district was abolished as part of changes to local government in 2009. The area today forms part of the unitary Durham County Council.

Political control

ControlDates
Labour 1973 – 2009

Council elections

ElectionLabourLiberal Democrat[lower-alpha 1]ConservativeIndependent Total
1973[1]4041853
1976[2]36111553
1979[3]4031953
1983[4]404[lower-alpha 2]2349
1987[5]377[lower-alpha 3]23[lower-alpha 4]49
1991[6]3381749
1995[7]4400249[lower-alpha 5]
1999[8]4320449
2003[9]3571750
2007[10]28611550

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Sedgefield Borough Council.

Tudhoe By-Election 21 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 425 55.8
Independent 216 28.4
Liberal Democrat Benjamin May Ord 88 11.6
Conservative 32 4.2
Majority 209 27.4
Turnout 761 28
Labour hold Swing
Tudhoe By-Election 25 November 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Agnes Armstrong 373 60.2
Liberal Democrat Martin Jones 247 39.8
Majority 126 20.4
Turnout 620 23
Labour hold Swing
Tudhoe By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,129 52.2 +5.2
Independent 1,033 47.8 -5.2
Majority 96 4.4
Turnout 2,162
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Middlestone By-Election 21 March 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Kevin Thompson 528 51.7 +21.4
Labour 493 48.3 -21.4
Majority 35 3.4
Turnout 1,021
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party prior to 1983, SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.
  2. ↑ 0 Liberal, 4 SDP
  3. ↑ 1 Liberal, 6 SDP
  4. ↑ Including three Independent Labour
  5. ↑ 3 vacant after election

References

  1. ↑ "Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 loval government seats". The Times. 9 June 1973.
  2. ↑ "Heavy Labour losses in district polls". The Times. 8 May 1976.
  3. ↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
  4. ↑ "How votes were cast in local government elections". The Times. 7 May 1983. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. 9 May 1987.
  6. ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. 4 May 1991.
  7. ↑ "Complete list of results from Thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Sedgefield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sedgefield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sedgefield". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.